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Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin excels in nearly every phase of basketball.

Star shooting guard Jeremy Lin excels in nearly every phase of basketball.

by Craig Lambert

This map shows soil types for all of Africa. A researcher might use it with other map layers to study agricultural productivity among countries with similar soils, comparing, for example, the agrarian practices of Francophone and Anglophone countries.

Mapping Africa

Africa Map, a project of Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis, brings GIS capabilities to research on the entire continent.

A classroom in Peñalolén (a neighborhood of Santiago, Chile) where "Un Buen Comienzo" is being implemented

The Developing Child

With a new interdisciplinary center, Harvard turns its focus to the earliest years of life.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Illustration by Schell Lewis; Wurts Bros. Photo, N.Y.C./ Library of Congress

On Judicial Interpretation

Paul M. Barrett reviews The Invisible Constitution, by Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe.

by Paul M. Barrett

<em>Mango Season, Crawford Market, Mumbai</em>, Maharastra, 1993, on display at the Sackler Museum

Extracurriculars

Early spring happenings on and around campus

2009 HAA Elections

This spring, alumni will choose five new Harvard Overseers and six new directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board.

Photograph courtesy of Harvard Kennedy School

Decisionmaking, Measured

A new interdisciplinary decision-science lab will host experiments from psychology, economics, and beyond.

Student artists at work in the Carpenter Center

A Vision for the Arts

A University-wide task force recommends new degree programs, courses, and spaces for art production.

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Celebrated chef Ferran Adrià mingles cooking and science at elBulli, his restaurant near Barcelona.

The Harvard Center for Gastrophysics?

Harvard science labs and master chef Ferran Adrià confect a mutually beneficial partnership.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

The SIGnboard

News from Shared Interest Groups

This 1918 "Joan of Arc" poster marketed savings stamps that could ultimately be exchanged for a war bond.

Save Yourself

Harvard Business School’s Peter Tufano says simplifying savings-bond purchases for small savers will benefit citizens and government alike.